Number one, this is really good; number two, Katie Beaton makes it really easy not to resent her for being really successful but also really nice but also still grounded in family and community, etc., and basically winning on all fronts at least to the superficial observer's eye) by being very proud and vocal about telling and valuing working class stories. This is one, sketchy vignettes about working in the oil patch that feel emotionally heavy yet ephemeral, memories or memoranda from a vanishing world that may one day feel like it never existed at all. ( )